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Dysderidae  C. L. Koch, 1837 / Harpactea  Bristowe, 1939   221 species

Harpactea tenuiemboli Deltshev, 2011

Description
Male

Prosoma yellow to yellow-brown in cephalic part. Anterior median eyes larger than remaining eyes. Chelicerae light brown, promargin and retromargin with 2 denticles. Leg yellow to yellow-brown. Opisthosoma white to light grey.

Body length male: 4.87 mm
Female

Female unknown.

Additional information

Troglophile species (Mammola et al., 2022)

Distribution
  Presence
  No data
Global distribution (WSC 2026): Serbia, Kosovo
Phenology
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"No references" does not mean that the species does not occur in this country, but that we have not yet inserted the reference for it. We are working on it.

Kosovo   (Geci et al., 2025c) ||| Serbia   (Deltshev, 2011b) |||
References

Deltshev C (2011b) Harpactea lazarovi sp. n. and H. tenuiemboli sp. n., two new spider species from Balkan Peninsula (Araneae, Dysderidae). Zoosystematics and Evolution 87: 221-226 pdf

Geci D, Ibrahimi H, Strohmeier T, Koblmüller S, Bilalli A, Zamani A (2025c) First DNA barcoding of Dysderidae (Araneae) from Kosovo, with new records and the description of a new species of Harpactea Bristowe, 1939. Zootaxa 5653: 486-500 pdf

Mammola S, Pavlek M, Huber B A, Isaia M, Ballarin F, Tolve M, Čupić I, Hesselberg T, Lunghi E, Mouron S, Graco-Roza C, Cardoso P (2022) A trait database and updated checklist for European subterranean spiders. Scientific Data 9(236): 1-13 pdf

WSC (2026) World Spider Catalog. Version 27. Natural History Museum Bern, online at http://wsc.nmbe.ch (13.2.2026) doi: 10.24436/2 pdf

Updates
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30-06-2025 Distribution insert Detail
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